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title: "Stopping the syslog-ng process"
url: "https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-troubleshooting-syslog-ng/syslog-ng-stop/"
last_modified: "2023-06-27T21:05:00+02:00"
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> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/llms.txt).

# Stopping the syslog-ng process

To avoid problems, always use the init scripts to stop `syslog-ng` (`/etc/init.d/syslog-ng stop`), instead of using the `kill` command. This is especially true on Solaris and HP-UX systems, here use `/etc/init.d/syslog stop`.

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